Tigers

DETROIT — Thursday was a day game at Comerica Park, which is rare to start a series, and was the second in a stretch where six of eight and eight of 11 games are scheduled in the sun. “We have a weird week ahead of us,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “First game being a […]
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DETROIT — Brad Ausmus and A.J. Hinch didn’t live far from each other in San Diego when both were in the Padres front office from November 2010 until Ausmus left to manage the Tigers before last season. The two former big league catchers turned skippers weren’t close during their contemporaneous playing careers, but have a […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Infielder Gregorio Petit hit a walk-off single through the right side of the infield to give the Astros a 4-3 victory in the 10th inning Thursday at Osceola County Stadium. The Astros tied the score at 3 with an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth. Two innings later, Joe Sclafani […]
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers had mild expectations for J.D. Martinez when they called him up from the minors early last season. “We knew he had power,” manager Brad Ausmus said. “We were initially hoping he could just be a power threat off the bench.” Martinez quickly became a lot more. After being signed […]
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The Astros dropped a pair of righthanded relievers on Thursday as they maneuvered their 40-man roster. Josh Zeid, who’s recovering from foot surgery, was placed on waivers and claimed by the Tigers. Zeid has a relationship with Brad Ausmus, whom Zeid pitched for on Israel’s team during the World Baseball Classic qualifiers in 2013. Anthony […]
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DETROIT — They didn’t foresee this when they were housemates at the University of Arkansas. Thursday’s finale to the four-game series between the Astros and Tigers pits two southpaw friends against each other for the first time: Dallas Keuchel of the Astros and Drew Smyly of the Tigers. The two share pitching advice as well […]
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Former Astro J.D. Martinez is back in the majors with the Tigers. The Tigers signed Martinez to a minor-league contract last March when the Astros released him and are bringing him up today. Martinez has been off-the-charts hot with Toledo, hitting 10 home runs in the first 17 games including four in a doubleheader on […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Brad Ausmus’ first visit back to Astros spring training technically came on Feb. 21, when he and other managers convened at Osceola County Stadium for a meeting with MLB to discuss rule changes. But Wednesday marked his first trip to his old complex in a Tigers uniform, as a first-year major league […]
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Box score As the innings mounted and the clock ticked beyond 11 p.m. and toward midnight, Astros lefthander Dallas Keuchel told pitching coach Doug Brocail he was willing to go into the 20th inning if he needed Thursday night. Keuchel pitched in and out of danger, tiptoeing toward the edge of disaster in the 13th […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Astros defeated Detroit 9-4 Tuesday during a spring training split-squad game in Kissimmee, Fla. Tampa Bay beat an Astros split-squad team 7-2 in Port Charlotte, Fla. Tigers-Astros recap: The Tigers took a 3-1 fourth-inning lead after catcher Brayan Pena sent a two-run homer to right field off Astros reliever John Ely. […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Manager Bo Porter announced the Astros’ initial spring training rotation during a post-workout interview Wednesday. Lucas Harrell had already been named the Astros’ starter against Philadelphia on Saturday in Clearwater, Fla., while Bud Norris had been set as the Astros’ home-opener pitcher Sunday against the New York Mets. Joining the duo: Pitcher […]
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